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Originally Posted by Marcio Filho
Thanks man, really appreciate your insight. The Tiger has always been my original choice. Have you heard of a guy named Rhys Lawrey? He was given a Tiger for his record-breaking RTW. Fair enough he had the support of the manufacturer and I bet had a few full services done according to Triumph along the way... but as far as he reported, not a single mechanical issue.
The KTM is such an awesome bike... I wonder if it won't be worth the "hassle" of man handling it when the going gets tough, for the sheer joy and majesty of its power and agility.
The fuel economy you mentioned, I'm very aware of that... I've seen reports of people getting 25mpg(!) on these things!!!!! FFS!!! I get more than that on my car!!
Still... how not to love the Beast?
Thanks for all your contributions!!!
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Been a few RTW trips on the Tiger, there is a chap in the road at the moment - if you Google 'At The Handlebars' I think you'll find him. Then there was the chap who dropped his off a cliff and replaced the front end with bits off a Lada.
I don't recall major mechanical (as in failure, not gravity related) issues from either of those guys, can't be sure though.
The Forum at www.tiger800.co.uk is a wealth of knowledge on that bike in particular. I should add, as it wasn't clear, both the issues I mentioned have been fixed on the post 15my bikes.
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